On 14 May, Fr Davide Pagliarani, the Superior of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, wrote to Pope Leo XIV. The open letter was issued less than 24 hours after Cardinal Tucho Fernández threatened excommunication. The Priestly Fraternity laments to have spent over 50 years alerting the Holy See to doctrinal and moral errors, yet these concerns have not received a satisfactory response; instead, Rome is considering canonical sanctions. Fr Pagliarani does not address the issue of episcopal consecration or a papal mandate for it. Instead, he published a 'Declaration of Faith', stating that it represents “the minimum indispensable to be in communion with the Church, and to truly call ourselves Catholics and, consequently, your sons”. The declaration presents itself as being loyal to the Pope. It repeatedly addresses Leo XIV reverence, using titles such as 'Most Holy Father' and 'Your Holiness'. The FSSPX asks Leo XIV to be “instructed and confirmed” in the Declaration of Faith. The …More
...“the minimum indispensable to be in communion with the Church, and to truly call ourselves Catholics and, consequently, your sons." Wow! There you have it. He admits openly they are currently "NEITHER Catholic nor sons of the Pope." The Vatican's formal excommunication will only formalize current realities.
– Folha de S. Paulo, December 29, 1979 – by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira The sky was so dark, so unbearably heavy, that no one on earth could fathom how the clouds refrained from unleashing a universal storm. The meteorological crisis seemed mysteriously smothered. This stable instability had endured so long that, in the conscious and the subconscious alike, a strange impression began to form: that the atmosphere, exhausted by endless centuries of upheavals and laden with pollution, had finally lost the strength — or the will — to change. Suddenly, lightning tore across the sky, echoing from one horizon to the other. On earth, a few spectators — those not submerged in the general drowsiness — waited for the consequences. In the murky lethargy that weighed on all souls and all things, a lone firefly traced a brief, wandering arc through the air. Nothing else stirred. No second lightning bolt broke from the clouds. No bird, frog, or serpent moved upon the earth. Not yet. This, then, is …More
On Pentecost Monday, Cardinal Raymond Burke will celebrate the closing Mass of this year's Chartres Pilgrimage in France. With more than 20,000 pilgrims registered to take part, this is the highest number yet. Other celebrants and preachers alongside Cardinal Burke include Monsignor Patrick Chauvet, former rector of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; Father Antonius Maria Furtado, Superior General of the Missionaries of the Holy Cross; and Father Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP. Cardinal Burke also celebrated the closing Mass of the pilgrimage in 2017. Other prelates who have previously celebrated the Mass include Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Cardinal Gerhard Müller and Cardinal Robert Sarah. #newsFfujebqnww
Whose side are you on—Christ's, or the Antichrist's? May God bless you and grant you repentance and authentic conversion. For I do not wish for any of the Bergoglio-Prevostians to be lost, but rather that they repent and be saved.
@la verdad prevalece You say I "as an accomplice to the rebellion against God and the Church." How so? You simply make up what suits your narrative! LOL! You definitely act like controlled opposition. God bless you!
Let us remember that the rebellion against the cassock by these modernist heretics represents a rebellion against the Sacrament of the Priesthood—against Christ and against His Church. When Pope Leo Took His Altar Servers to a Rock … The modernist Robert Prevost taught his altar boys a love for the world. Galatians 1:10 If I wanted to please men, I would no longer be a servant of Christ!
In Peru, Prevost Took His Altar Servers to a Rock Concert Christ rebukes worldly, secularized priests in the revelations to Saint Bridget: “They do not speak of my marvelous works, nor do they teach my doctrine; on the contrary, they teach love for the world” (4.132).
Revelaciones De Santa Brígida Y La Iglesia "El mal ejemplo de muchos parrocos, gradualmente lleva a la gente a una ceguera espiritual y a tornarse satisfechos con el pecado, incluso a presumir de ello, aun cuando antes se avergonzaban de el (4.132). Cristo acusa a sacerdotes y religiosos de ser deficientes y a veces totalmente descuidados en sus predicaciones e instruyendo a la gente en la fe. Cristo le reclama a Santa Brigida: "Ellos no hablan de mis acciones maravillosas ni enseñan mi doctrina, al contrario, enseñan el amor al mundo" (4.132). " Un aspecto del orgullo que afecta particularmente al clero es la vanidad, en la que ellos buscan ser alabados por otros... Pretenden alabar a Cristo mientras que su intencion es recibir alabanzas ellos mismos y avanzar en la Iglesia y pertenecias mundanas (6.37). Seguido se rehusan a amonestar a los pecadores y dicen lo que la gente quiere escuchar para gustarles y ser apreciados" En las Revelaciones, Cristianos de todas clases son acusados …More
(PerMariam) — The Society of Saint Pius X has responded to the Holy See’s warning of excommunication by publishing an open declaration of Catholic Faith, writing to Pope Leo and expressing their desire “to truly call ourselves Catholics and, consequently, your sons.” For over fifty years the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) “has endeavoured to set before the Holy See a matter of conscience in the face of the errors that are destroying Catholic faith and morals,” according to the SSPX’s superior general Fr. Davide Pagliarani. “Regrettably,” he added, “all the discussions entered into have remained without result, and none of the concerns expressed have received any truly satisfactory response.” {The full statement can be read online, or at the bottom of this article. For Per Mariam’s full coverage of the ongoing SSPX consecrations, see here.} He lamented that in that same time period, “the only solution truly considered by the Holy See has appeared to be that of canonical sanctions …
Truly a scandal for Rome...the above list of their transgressions is the major reason the sspx wants to be set up differently....and they could be if the charity which should be the hallmark and driving principle of the Catholic Church really existed!
1) An Amazonian Rite is approved; 2) Pachamama is honored; 3) homosexual blessings go without censure; 4) the Holy See allows Gay Activist pilgrimages to enter Saint Peters without objection or moral correction; 5) an Anglican female "Archbishop" is received with honors and "blesses" Bishops who accept her "blessing" in a Roman Basilica; 6) Pope Leo even prays she "may be fruitful in the service to which the Holy Spirit has called you" (i.e. the Holy Spirit collaborates in the spreading of error?); 7) the Vatican collaborates with WEF and globalist agendas, etc. etc.. BUT.....SSPX -- faithful to the Church of the Ages, and the Mass of the Ages -- alone receives condemnation for wanting to provide for its over 600,000 truly Catholic faithful, its hundreds of truly Catholic chapels and schools, its five Catholic seminaries and 300+ seminarians, its religious and 700+ Priests. No State of Emergency.....?
"Chapter VII 18. "Let your light," says He, "so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." If He had merely said, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works," He would seem to have fixed an end in the praises of men, which hypocrites seek, and those who canvass for honors and covet glory of the emptiest kind. Against such parties it is said, "If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ;" and, by the prophet, "They who please men are put to shame, because God hath despised them;" and again, "God hath broken the bones of those who please men;" and again the apostle, "Let us not be desirous of vainglory;" and still another time, "But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another."
[St. Augustine of Hippo – IV-V Century AD; born: Thagaste, Roman Empire/died: Hippo, Western Roman Empire; (aged 75) – Church Father – Doctor of the Church – Blessed; Resting Place – Pavia, Italy] Chapter VI 16. Hence there follows most justly the statement, "Ye are the salt of the earth;" showing that those parties are to be judged insipid, who, either in the eager pursuit after abundance of earthly blessings, or through the dread of want, lose the eternal things which can neither be given nor taken away by men. "But if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted?" i.e., If ye, by means of whom the nations in a measure are to be preserved [from corruption], through the dread of temporal persecutions shall lose the kingdom of heaven, where will be the men through whom error may be removed from you, since God has chosen you, in order that through you He might remove the error of others? Hence the savorless salt is "good for nothing, but to be cast out, and trodden under …More
Everything for the Glory of God: "19. And therefore, after He has exhorted His hearers that they should prepare themselves to bear all things for truth and righteousness, and that they should not hide the good which they were about to receive, but should learn with such benevolence as to teach others, aiming in their good works not at their own praise, but at the glory of God..."
The German Catholic Congress (Katholikentag), taking place May 13–17 in Würzburg, will include a workshop on May 14 entitled: “Planning Blessing Services with Trans* Individuals.” The Congress is one of Germany’s largest Catholic gatherings and includes more than 900 events. There is a strong presence of politicians, including Protestant President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Markus Söder, Ricarda Lang, Andrea Nahles, and climate activist Luisa Neubauer. On May 16, there will be a homosexual worship service (“Queer-Gottesdienst”) under the title “Life is colorful – diversity in the Church?!” in the Augustinerkirche. Other official program events include: - Bible workshop: “Reading the Bible queerly: Why God is a fan of diversity” - When queer believers encounter the Church - From murder mystery dinners to escape games: discovering queer traces in the Bible through playful methods - Queer in the climate crisis: vulnerability and empowerment — also in Europe …More
In 1987, the Lutheran minister Richard John Neuhaus argued that history had entered into a “Catholic moment,” in which the Catholic Church had a chance to take up its “rightful role” in constructing a “religiously informed public philosophy” for the United States. Given the Church’s declining numerical and institutional strength, it is striking to find that a strange kind of Catholic moment has indeed arrived—one in which the Church has a thinner presence on the ground but seemingly a greater one in public debates.
From a former undocumented immigrant to the nation's youngest prelate, Pope Leo XIV's recent bishop appointments reflect a diverse Catholic Church in his homeland. Since his election on May 8 last year, Pope Leo XIV has named numerous bishops to fill posts around the world, also in the USA. Before becoming pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost was himself in charge of proposing new bishops for established Latin Rite dioceses around the world. So, while such decisions are never taken lightly, Leo XIV is particularly keyed in to the needs and criteria involved. As of May 6, 2026, he has made 26 appointments of bishops for his homeland. This includes raising priests to the bishopric, elevating auxiliary bishops to new dioceses, and transferring ordinary bishops to new sees. Eleven of these bishops — 42% — were born outside the United States. Sixteen of them are under 60 years old, and the youngest is 45. Only three come from religious communities: a Jesuit, a Benedictine, and an Oratorian. They …
Z prvých 26 biskupov vymenovaných v USA sa 11 (42 %) narodilo mimo USA. Pochádzajú z Južnej Ameriky, Ázie a Afriky, je medzi nimi aj bývalý prisťahovalec bez dokladov zo Salvádoru a dvaja bývalí utečenci z Vietnamu.
Blessed Ascension Day! Let us take a day off from the "LEO BAD" news and celebrate as best we can (even though the modernists downplay it). Here's a quick laugh for you.
The See of Rome never had administrative or jurisdictional authority over the Coptic Orthodox Church. While Rome held a place of "primacy of honor" in the early, undivided Church as the capital of the empire, the Coptic Church has always been autocephalous (self-governing), led by its own Pope of Alexandria. Early Church (Pre-451 AD): In the early centuries, the Church of Alexandria (Coptic) and the Church of Rome were sister churches. Rome was respected as the first among equals, but it did not dictate the internal governance, theology, or daily affairs of the Alexandrian patriarchate. The Schism of 451 AD: The Coptic Church split from Rome and Constantinople at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD over Christological disputes. Following this council, the Coptic Church operated entirely independently of Rome's sphere of influence. The Papal Title: Both the Bishop of Rome and the Bishop of Alexandria hold the title "Pope". In the Coptic Church, the term derives from the Greek pappas…More
Today, Leo XIV has appointed Father Emilio Biosca Agüero, 61, as the new bishop of Venice, Florida. Biosca's parents are both Cuban. He speaks Spanish and Tok Pisin. The Venice diocese covers most of southwest Florida. Monsignor Biosca is a member of the Pittsburgh-based Capuchin Franciscan Friars. He served for over two decades in Papua New Guinea (1994-2006) and Cuba (2007-2019). His public profile is almost entirely defined by immigration ministry. Since 2019, he has been the pastor at the parish of the Sacred Heart in Washington, D.C., one of the city's historic immigrant parishes located five kilometres from the White House. The congregation is predominantly Latino, particularly Salvadoran, but also includes Haitians, Brazilians and Vietnamese Catholics. Under Fr Biosca, the parish expanded ministries for illegal immigrants well beyond pastoral care, including immigrant accompaniment, attending court hearings, legal support, covering rent and legal fees. Several of his parishioners …More
"God performs this last act of love without the co-operation of man ; for there are so many secret imperfections within the soul, that the sight of them would drive it to despair. These are, however, all destroyed during the process I have described ; and when they are consumed, God shows them to the soul, that it may understand that it was He who kindled that fire of love which consumes every imperfection there is to be consumed."
[Saint Catherine of Genoa ~ XV-XVI Century; born: Genoa, Republic of Genoa/ died: Genoa, Republic of Genoa; (aged 62-63); Mystic; Spiritual Writer] Chapter X ~ HOW GOD MAKES USE OF PURGATORY TO RENDER THE SOUL PERFECTLY PURE THE SOUL THERE ATTAINS SUCH PURITY, THAT WERE IT TO STAY AFTER BEING CLEANSED IT WOULD NO LONGER SUFFER AGAIN, I see that the love of God directs towards the soul certain burning rays and shafts of light, which seem penetrating and powerful enough to annihilate not merely the body, but, were it possible, the very soul itself. These work in two ways ; they purify, and they annihilate. Look at gold : the more it is melted, the better it becomes ; and it could be melted so as to destroy every single defect. Such is the action of fire on material things. Now the soul cannot be annihilated so far as it is in God, but only in itself ; and the more it is purified, so much the more it annihilates self, till at last it becomes quite pure and rests in God. Gold which has been …More
Fire of God's Love: "In like manner the Divine fire acts on souls: God holds them in the furnace until every defect has been burnt away, and He has brought them, each in his own degree, to a certain standard of perfection. Thus purified, they rest in God without any alloy of self: their very being is God ; they become impassible because there is nothing left to be consumed. And if in this state of purity they were kept in the fire, they would feel no pain ; rather it would be to them a fire of Divine Love, burning on without opposition, like the fire of life eternal."
We see here a glimpse of the savagery that was Before Christ (B.C.). An era with subhuman values that could conceive of crucifixion as a form of capital punishment. The exception in the era B.C. were the people of Israel who can be best understood the apostolic church B.C with sacramental analogues (see 2 Samuel 12:13 for confession, Elisha’s miracle in 2 Kings 4:42–44 for communion) without the universal aspect (the meaning of Catholic). In the Anno Domini era (A.D.) the Universal/Catholic Church took hold.
The talk of a Catholic revival spurred by a surge in adult conversions is misplaced, writes Matthew Schmitz in FirstThings.com (May 12). Conversions show no signs of offsetting the broader decline of Catholic life in the United States. Schmitz points to statistics. In 2000, 2.6 million American children attended Catholic schools. By 2025, that number had fallen to 1.6 million. In 2001, more than a quarter-million Catholic weddings took place in the United States; by 2024, there were only around 107,000. Infant baptisms have also collapsed: more than one million infants were baptized in the Church in 2001, compared with fewer than half a million in 2024. "Catholicism" in Service of U.S. Political Interests At the same time, Schmitz argues that while the Church is shrinking institutionally, Catholic ideas and language are allegely shaping public debate in America. Discussions about immigration, war, political authority, and moral responsibility are now often conducted using Catholic concepts …More
Blind leading the blind Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi(Latin: "the law of what is prayed [is] what is believed [is] the law of what is lived"), good luck finding that in Novus Order